SpotON – our blog around digital compliance in enterprises
SpotON – Digital Compliance
Read here regularly on selected topics, developments and news from the areas:
SAM & Cloud – use software legally compliant and cost-effective
IT Security & Threat Intelligence – protect the IT landscape effectively
Data & Digitization – manage digital assets across the lifecycle
Complion Insights – look behind the scenes of digital compliance consultants
15/02/2024
Navigating the IT world: A guide to industry trends for young professionals
The only constant in life is change. This applies not only to fashion and nutrition, but also to IT in particular. Trends come and go, what was just state of the art is now cold coffee again. I joined IT consulting in 2019 as a career changer, so I'm certainly not an old hand yet, but I've seen the odd trend come and go. This blog post is about how trends work, how IT management consultants can best deal with them and what state of the art we are currently in.
Our company is made up of people and we want to introduce them to you in the coming weeks and months. Today we are chatting with Jan Philipsen from our IT Cyber Security Team. We'll find out what makes COMPLION means to him, what his daily tasks are, and what he does when he's not working on customer projects.
Efficient resource utilization and cost management are crucial to a company's success. Software pooling in conjunction with central license management can represent an increasingly important tool for the IT department. This article applies the magic triangle to the context of software pooling in license management, focusing on the aspects of cost, availability and time.
Cybercrime 2023 and 2024 - what was and what is coming?
The year 2023 is finally over and a 2024 full of new and familiar cyber threats lies ahead of us. By looking back at the old year, we want to try to recognize threats early in the new year so that we are not unprepared to enter the ring against hacker groups and spies. In the following blog post, we look at what both cyber criminals and state hackers learned in 2023 and draw conclusions about attack patterns in the new year.
Complion's annual winter event was upon us again and this time Team Northern Germany organized a joint trip to the beautiful Hanseatic city of Lübeck. With history, puzzles, food and drink (and a bit of work too), we spent a few wonderful days on the snow-covered old town island.
GDPR compliance – still an important topic for companies in 2024
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been in force for over five years – a long time to implement the requirements of the regulation. However, the complexity and dynamics of the topic mean that a significant proportion of companies in Germany have not yet fully implemented the provisions.
Balancing project work and free time: how to find a balance between work and life
As a consultant in the world of Software Asset Management (SAM), I know all too well how easy it can be to lose sight of one’s personal work-life balance. Project work often takes center stage, but the trick is to implement effective time management to find a balance between professional obligations and personal well-being. In this post, I share my tried and tested strategies on how I successfully manage this balancing act.
Software Asset Management as a trigger point for Data Management
The main objectives of Software Asset Management (SAM) are the efficient and economical use of software and the reduction of compliance risks. In order to achieve these goals, the availability, timeliness and completeness of data is crucial: successful SAM is not possible without well-positioned data management.
Mein Einstieg bei Complion im Bereich Software Asset Management (SAM)
How did I get started as a SAM consultant at Complion? I have been working for the company for almost a year now and would like to share some impressions and experiences. I started as a working student during my studies and decided to stay with Complion after graduating...
Der Gau: Ein Microsoft Cloud-Schlüsselverlust, irgendwann zwischen 2021 und 2023
In the summer of 2023, US authorities uncover a significant hack by Chinese malicious actors against US federal ministries. The attackers succeeded in spying on the email accounts of high-ranking civil servants. The attack vector was a stolen key. Microsoft's investigation still leaves some questions unanswered. Dirk Michael Ockel, founder and security expert at Complion, summarizes the incident and what is known about it in this article.
Strengthening customer loyalty through customer relationship management in compliance with data protection regulations in the run-up to Christmas
Christmas time is approaching once again and you want to thank your business partners for the successful cooperation in the past year, but you realize that you have to laboriously collect the contact data again. Customer relationship management can be helpful for this and other use cases. Read this blog post to find out what customer relationship management is and why data protection aspects also need to be taken into account.
When people in Cologne talk about Prince shortly before 11 November, everyone probably thinks of the carnival prince. After all, Cologne’s fifth season is just around the corner. We also had our encounter with PRINCE this week, although in this case PRINCE stands for PRojects In Controlled Environments. Find out what PRINCE2 and carnival have in common in this blog post.
